Welcome to Roding Reads, YOUR weekly newsletter on all things reading. Lets FILL this with your work and pictures EVERY week. Send all your pictures and writing to: ajones@rodingvalley.net.
Roding Caught Reading We need YOU! Get caught reading, and send us a picture, along with a few words about the book, to feature next week.
Mr Jones: YuGiOh! (Manga)
Miss Bates: Shakespeare’s Sonnets Retold
Yugi solves the Millennium Puzzle, gains the power of the Egyptian Pharaoh and becomes King of Games. It’s also a TV series & card game (which is better than Pokémon!)
An entertaining collection of the most adored love poems in the English language, retold in modern language everyone can understand
Book of the Month: The Valley of Lost Secrets When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn't be more different from London. Green, quiet and full of strangers, he instantly feels out of place. But then he finds a skull hidden in a tree, and suddenly the valley is more frightening than the war. Who can Jimmy trust? Games Corner
All the words you are looking for feature in the titles of Carnegie Medal winning books. How many have you read?
You can do selfies, or take a picture of you reading somewhere cool. Be as creative as you want with them!
Accelerated Reader How to log on to Accelerated Reader: Click here or go to RVHS website and click the link for Accelerated Reader at the bottom of the website, under Key Information. Username: first letter of first name and first four letters of last name. Password: ABC Quiz time — Answers next week! 1. What did Rosa Parks become famous for? 2. What key phrase is repeated in Martin Luther King Jr’s most famous speech? 3. Who is Greta Thunberg? 4. What acronym do we use for persuasive techniques? 5. Who is Malala Yousafzai? 6. Which issue does Emma Watson passionately try to address?
Writer’s Corner By Isabelle Davenport, 7 Magnesium: The thrilling 1st chapter of The Dunkirk Agent.
Time to shine, Year 7! We want this section to feature any and everything book-related that you write. - Read a great book recently? Write a book review and send it in. - Recommend your fellow Year 7s (and us teachers!) a new book - it’ll make our day! - Why not write a letter to an author about one of their books? - “I loved your book BUT…” and pick something you would have done differently. We will then send these to the authors, and publish them in the Writer’s Corner. You never know…we may even get a reply! Everyone loves an #EvenBetterIf moment! Remember, send it all to us at Roding Reads by emailing: ajones@rodingvalley.net
Join Loughton Library!! As we near the end of our first newsletter, I want to remind you that even though Loughton Library is closed, they are still available online. Joining the library online now provides you with FREE access to Loughton’s Borrowbox and RBdigital services for e-books, e-audiobooks, e-magazines and e-comics all from the comfort of your own home! If you are already a member, you will already have access to this. I am a member and didn’t even know this until yesterday so this is all very exciting! To join the library simply visit https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/ and click Join the Library, then go down to Join Online, following the instructions on the page. For further information on the e-book service, provided by Borrowbox, visit here https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/e-books-eaudio-e-magazines-and-book-groups/e-books-and-e-audio/. There are Help Guides on how to get Borrowbox up and running on your device once you’re a member of the library. You may borrow up to 7 e-books and 7 e-audio at any one time. It is also worth nothing that, for as long as schools are closed, Audible is making its extensive collection of children's audio books available to stream free of charge: https://stories.audible.com/start-listen